The Fairmont Hotel is closing its...

FAMOUS CLUB CLOSING.

September 4, 1989

NEW ORLEANS — FAMOUS CLUB CLOSING. The Fairmont Hotel is closing its Blue Room, an elegant supper club where Marlene Dietrich, Lena Horne, Ethel Merman, B.B. King and others performed for more than half a century. No formal announcement will be made. The Blue Room simply will not reopen as scheduled Tuesday after a two-month summer closing, said hotel spokesman John DeMers. He said the Blue Room had been hurt by changing lifestyles. New Orleans residents aren't as keen as they once were to dress up and head down to Canal Street after dark. Some recent shows had audiences of only two people. Private parties and Sunday brunches will be held in the 300-seat nightclub.